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Company taxes feed $7.5 billion budget surplus: Costello

... $2.1 billion above the forecast. "This was predominantly due to higher than expected receipts from companies, indicating stronger company profits than expected at budget," he said. The government also reaped an extra $1.0 billion in taxes from individuals. ...

Trade balance to remain in wide deficit in Aug: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
... exports should leave the balance pretty much unchanged at a very wide level," he said. Mr Koukoulas said going forward the stronger Australian dollar would make it difficult to bring monthly deficits back towards balance because it would take a sharp ...

Sudden OPEC move unlikely to impact Australia negatively: ICAP

... on prices," said Dr Simes. "The initial impact will fade quickly for Australia, and given the fact that the dollar is stronger against the US dollar, any shifts in the dollar price range of crude oil will be offset by our stronger currency." The current ...

Midday market wrap: All Ords remain in red, NZX back on track

... points weaker at 3190.1, while the all ordinaries index was down 4.7 points to 3195.5. The Australian dollar was slightly stronger at noon but looked unlikely to break from a tight range today in the absence of the holidaying Japanese market. At 1200 ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks trail higher

... east coast (North Carolina and Virginia) causing havoc in that part of the country. The Australian dollar has opened stronger at US$0.665. All Ordinaries 3225 +0 NASDAQ 1909.55 +26.45 Dow Jones 9659.13 +113.48 FTSE-100 4314.70 +21.70 Hang Seng 11069.22 ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries close slightly higher

... trading today or a little over 0.1 per cent in value to close at 3225, whilst the Australian dollar continued trading stronger past noon at US$0.665. The Tokyo Nikkei index recovered ground after losing significantly earlier in the day. The Nikkei average ...

Afternoon market wrap: Nikkei stock average closes high after peaking earlier

... U.S. shares ignited another round of strong foreign buying of Mizuho and other banks. The Australian stock market closed stronger today with media and resource stocks benefiting from a strong rise on Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index ...

Midday market wrap: All Ords drift in the wake of US markets

... media group News Corp and financial services firm AMP fell into the red. The Australian dollar was sitting comfortably stronger to noon as the United States dollar remained weighed down by selling. At 1200 the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6657/63 ...

Afternoon market wrap: Lacklustre performance by the All Ords

... officials warn that the deadlock could lead to continued problems for the poorer countries. The Australian dollar was stronger this afternoon and was trading at US$0.66. All Ordinaries 3191.6 -3.6 NASDAQ 1855.03 +8.94 Dow Jones 9471.55 +11.79 FTSE-100 ...

Fletcher Forests posts $271 million net loss

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2003
... $1 billion, and the land was valued at $200 million. A sharp second-half decline in United States lumber prices, the stronger New Zealand dollar, and higher shipping costs "significantly" reduced New Zealand dollar prices and depressed the forest crop ...